Bruno Bertagna (12 October 1935 − 31 October 2013) was an Italian prelate of the

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who worked in the Roman Curia. He became a bishop in 1991 and an archbishop in 2007. Between 1994 and 2007 he was Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

Biography

Bruno Bertagna was born in Tiedoli, Italy, on 12 October 1935. He was ordained a priest of the

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on 23 May 1959. He did parish work for a few years and then studied in Rome, earning his doctorate in civil and canon law in 1997.

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named him Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State on 6 April 1990. On 15 December 1990, Pope John Paul appointed him titular bishop of

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and he received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1991 from Pope John Paul. On 19 December 1994, Pope John Paul named him Secretary of the

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. On 20 November 2006,

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appointed him general auditor of the Apostolic Camera. On 15 February 2007, Pope Benedict named him Vice President of that body and raised him to the rank of archbishop. Bertagna retired on 12 October 2010 and died in a nursing home in

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on 31 October 2013 at the age of 78. He was entombed in the Tiedoli cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertagna, Bruno 1935 births 2013 deaths Clergy from the Province of Parma Dicastery for Legislative Texts 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops Officials of the Roman Curia